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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 10, 1907
Page
6
Prominent Wardner letters describe neighbors visiting friends, trade at home, and local merchants like Parker & Thorp. Mention of theft attempts, a fire arson scare, a missing man near Kootenay river, police actions, and plans for a new coal town site near the Ol Man river with growth prospects and civic details.
Special correspondence reports a Baynes Lake area mystery death on a GN trestle later revealed as a dummy display. Waldo's booming growth includes mills new brick depot and plans for a large sash and floor plant employing around three hundred.
From Cranbrook comes word of a pantomime intended to aid the creation of a Conservative paper in Fernie, seen as not likely to disrupt the town. Labor remains listening while leaders like Mont Billings and Galvin are mentioned in local notes amid deaths of Mrs Buckley’s mother and hotel man J Dunn. Mrs Whales shows oversized potatoes grown locally.
Chis Farrell plans tether development on the Society Girl property this fall or winter and moves to the mine Monday as ore ready for shipment nears 300 to 100 tons. W. Desaulnier buys furniture in Cranbrook. Mrs. Cook visits Moyie. several Moyie residents attend events. Twenty-five new buildings rise, including a Presbyterian church and fire hall.
The King Lumber Mills Limited intends to apply for permission to purchase land in the Cranbrook Land District East Kootenay. The described parcel begins at a post at the southeast corner of Lot 7812 and includes fifty acres more or less. Locator Geo Hungerford notes the Southern right of way and the plan runs to a point of commencement. Dated September 19 1907.
Fernie’s Fernieree Press reports the Wood-McNab mill will start operations soon with a ready supply of logs. Six new coke ovens at Hosmer by Mussrs Old Jind and Carosella produce coke to satisfy Losmer mine management. George Choumord saved a child from a seven-foot, ninety-pound mountain lion near his home behind the brewery. Curling and skating enthusiasts convened at the government office to plan a combined rink, seeking site figures at next meeting. Hosmer miners vote 452 for Dr Bonnell and 24 for Dr Higgins as surgeon for the C P Mines. Michel line grading advances despite bad weather. Liberal association elects delegates Work and Volume to represent Mernic at Vancouver convention.
The column offers a satirical note on campaign behavior with a candidate who smiles before ballots but risks losing trust after results. It mentions CPR yards and broader concerns about growing business and unreliable trades, reflecting local political and economic tensions.
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